The 21st Annual Love Run to support Senior Concerns' Meals on Wheels Program took place this past Sunday, June 8th, 2014. Meals on Wheels delivers two nutritious, freshly-prepared meals to homebound, hidden elderly in the Conejo Valley community 364 days a year. Funds raised from the Love Run enable Senior Concerns to provide Meals On Wheels scholarships to those who cannot afford the program and ensures that nobody is ever turned away. Learn more about Senior Concerns at www.seniorconcerns.org.

I've run the Love Run from time to time in the past and it is a well organized event. There is a 5K, 10K and a 1 mile fun run.

This past weekend's event had 754 participants in the 5K and 440 in the 10K. Some results:

Top 10 Males in 5K:

1. Sean Gildea  Thousand Oaks 22 15:35
2. Mikey Giguere Westlake Village 17 15:50
3. Cole Anderson Simi Valley 17 16:34
4. Timothy Wells   14 17:32
5. Phillip Wright     58 18:45
6. Andrew Harris   Thousand Oaks 33 19:00
7. James Locher     Ventura 45 19:13
8. Thomas Morley Westlake village 15 19:16
9. Rudy Gonzales Thousand Oaks 56 19:21
10. Steve Arce  Placentia 19:49

Top 10 Females in 5K:

1. Christy Jesson   Simi Valley  18  20:40
2. Bobbi Marie Ellias Newbury Park  17   20:44
3. Nina Greenberg   Oak Park  51   21:37
4. Ashley Alderman  Westlake Village  30  21:42
5. Barbara Ellias Newbury Park 52  21:46
6. Jody Vermeulen   Simi Valley 38  21:47
7. Stacy Mackintosh  Westlake Village 41 22:08
8. Alison Krane  Thousand Oaks 35  22:29
9. Rochelle Moncourtois    Moorpark 29  22:51
10. Sophia Tross Westlake Village  11  23:37

Top 10 Males in 10K:

1. Jerome Vermeulen Simi Valley 47 33:49 (Impressive time for a 47 year old...let alone any age!)
2. Scott Hambly Thousand Oaks 37 33:52
3. Clayton Graham Calabasas  24 35:20
4. Emman Labao  Sylmar 48  37:27
5. Jorge Rangel  Simi Valley 28  37:38
6. Jorge Rebolledo  Simi Valley  20 37:49
7. Teerth Patel  19 39:55
8. Scott Smith  Thousand Oaks  37 40:07
9. Chris Just 36 40:49
10. Nicholas Johanson Westlake Village 34  40:56

Top 10 Females in 10K:

1. Becky Ahern El Segundo 27 35:53
2. Jenny Mallen Newbury Park 23 37:46
3. Katrina Frame Newbury Park 31 42:19
4. Carolyn Smuts Huntington Beach 40 42:43
5. Madison Weinstock Thousand Oaks 17 43:17
6. Kimberly Vipond Westlake Village 34 43:50
7. Evelyn Gonzales Westlake Village 42 43:55
8. Jennie Labao Sylmar 40 44:32
9. Casey Hambly    Thousand Oaks 33 44:58
10. Laura Serrano Simi Valley 25 45:01

The oldest 10K finisher was 86 year old Francis Petracek of Woodland Hills, who completed the 10K in 1 hour, 23 minutes! Wow!

The oldest 5K finisher was 85 year old Jean Gosse of Thousand Oaks, who completed the 3.1 mile course in 41:26, 518th place overall out of 754 finishers. Way to go!

I was shocked to see there were five male finishers in the 75 to 99 age group in the Love Run 5K! Quite an impressive group of youngsters out there!

Gene Burke of Westlake Village, 77 years old, finished in 29:15, 199th place overall! Woah!!

Rod LeGate of Westlake Village, age 80, finished in 35:56!

Irv Cherno of West Hills, age 79, ran a 48:27.

86 year old Richard Ruwe of Thousand Oaks finished in 50:05!

And 78 year old Gil Good of Thousand Oaks ran a 50:14.

I. Am. Quite. Impressed!